Rock & Metal Session Guitarist

Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

A: Rock, Metal, Electronic, and Hip Hop.

Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

A: I'm into a bunch of different styles of music including Rock, Metal, Electronic, Hip Hop, and Classical. Some artists I like and have inspired some of my music include: Linkin Park, Three Days Grace, Five Finger Death Punch, Red Starset, You Me At Six, Breaking Benjamin, Fireflight, All That Remains, etc.

Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?

A: I work as a Digital Marketer. I run a company called ROC Web Marketing which specializes in Internet Marketing including creating content, producing video, and designing websites. As far as musically, I've been playing guitar for about 5 years now. I started playing guitar fairly late as compared to some other guitarists who start playing in high school or even younger. I started playing guitar my first year in college. I took an introductory class to guitar. That class introduced me to playing and from there I began to teach myself the rest. I picked up guitar very quickly and now I can play just about anything. Since learning to play guitar, I've also picked up playing bass, piano, and drums.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I don't have a specific process. I usually just play around until I find something that works. I like to experiment with different sounds and playing techniques. I'll mess around until I come up with something that is unique.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Writing and composing songs hands down. There are other guitarists out there that are better than me at playing proficiently or faster than I can play. But I'm certain that my strongest skill is coming up with unique guitar melodies or riffs and composing songs. I create unique pieces.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: Guitars: Schecter Hellraiser C-1, Ibanez ARX 140, Washburn Acoustic, Ibanez Bass. Recording Equipment: Presonus Firestudio with Monitor Station Remote, Presonus Digimax D8, JBL LSR305, Akai MPD26, Acorn Masterkey 25, M Audio Keystation 61. Plug-Ins (Too many too list but ones to note): Amplitube 3, Guitar Rig 5, Rosen Digital Impulse Responses, Superior Drummer 2, EZ Drummer 2, Kontakt

Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?

A: Mike Shinoda. Linkin Park is my favorite band and Mike is a huge part of that. Plus, Fort Minor is another influence to me. I like Mike's style and I would love to work on a song with him.